Monthly Archive for November, 2009

A First Hand Look At A 1:1 Program – St Albans Meadows, Melbourne

We had a day trip to sunny (?!%) Melbourne today to attend a PD Workshop on the 1:1 laptop program following a f2f network connection made by my principal, Ann with the Coordinator Simon from St Albans Meadows Primary School at ULearn in October. Now I know there are successful 1:1 laptop programs all over [...]

Smuggled In To Hear Nancy White

I went out to dinner with a group of “Edutwits” on Wednesday evening – an event organised by the amazing Kerry Johnson. Now, Kerry works for educationau but her influence spreads way beyond her official employment role. This dinner was a great example of that and connected up a dozen or so educators involved in [...]

Childhood

After reading an extract from a new Nikki Gemmell book about her Australian childhood memories and the contrast with her own children’s lives, I  decided to think back to my own life as a kid in the seventies in rural South Australia. Here’s what memories come floating back to the surface. Icy poles after swimming [...]

How I Connect To People Online

D’Arcy Norman poses the question, “How do you connect to people online?” This post is my response to that question. It’s this blog that I value the most as a connection point with others. It’s where I started dabbling in this networked way, where I connected to my first edublogger colleagues, people who I hadn’t [...]

How To Get Students From Arguing To Debating

In English, I’ve been trying to weave the skills of debating into my classroom. It has been something that the majority have found quite difficult, with many mistaking the ability to argue in a contrary fashion for insightful and clever debate. Their confidence in combining oratory skills and a considered point of view has led [...]